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1) The following is true about prerequisites in the LEED rating system:

1. B and C
2. No points are awarded for prerequisites
3. Prerequisites are mandatory
4. Prerequisites are not required in a category if not attempting any points in a category

Reveal answer 2) What agency determines the eligibility for green vehicles?

1. ACEEE
2. EPA
3. GBCI
4. Green-e

Reveal answer 3) Which of the following is not a high priority site for project development?

1. A Federal Empowerment Zone (FEZ)
2. A Federal Renewal Community site
3. A site listed by the EPA National Priorities List
4. Prime farm land

Reveal answer 4) Which of the following are part of the Location and Transportation goals?

1. B and C
2. Build in high priority site
3. Encourage development in dense areas
4. Site assessment

Reveal answer 5) A brownfield site:

1. A and B
2. A site requiring remediation to make it safe for occupancy
3. Brown due to not getting enough rain and sun and grass is not able to grow
4. Government subsidies may be available for purchase and remediation

Reveal answer 6) Which of the following is not an alternate vehicle fuel?

1. Diesel
2. Electricity
3. Natural gas
4. Propane

Reveal answer 7) Which of the following are not considered a diverse use?

1. 7-11
2. ATMs
3. Bank
4. Restaurant

Reveal answer 8) How much would be the gross floor area of a building, if it had a floor-to-area (FAR) of 3, and a total lot area of 10,000 square feet?

1. 10,000 sf
2. 15,000 sf
3. 3,333 sf
4. 30,000 sf

Reveal answer 9) Which of the following would make the biggest increase in water consumption?

1. Adaptive plants
2. Native plants
3. Trees
4. Turf grass

Reveal answer 10) The label for water efficient plumbing fixtures is:

1. EPA approved
2. Kohler
3. UL approved
4. WaterSense

Reveal answer 11) Per the water use reduction prerequisite, every project under BD+C, New Construction rating system must establish what % water reduction from the baseline consumption?

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 25%
4. 30%

Reveal answer 12) Water used by mechanical systems in buildings is called?

1. Brown water
2. Domestic water
3. Make up water
4. Process water

Reveal answer 13) Which of the following two aid in achieving: outdoor water use reduction?

1. Invasive plants and trees
2. Trees and shrubs
3. Xeriscaping and invasive plants
4. Xeriscaping and native plants

Reveal answer 14) Which of the following can not be used to obtain graywater?

1. Water from drinking fountains
2. Water from lavatories
3. Water from showers
4. Water from urinals

Reveal answer 15) Which of the following is the least efficient water irrigation system

1. Drip irrigation
2. Spray irrigation
3. Water bubbler system
4. Water channeled directly to root system

Reveal answer 16) According the outdoor water use reduction prerequisite, every BD+C project must achieve what % reduction from the Landscape Water Requirement (LWR)?

1. 10%
2. 20%
3. 25%
4. 30%

Reveal answer 17) If a project team is considering to use graywater as an alternative to potable water, the team should first consider?

1. EPAAct1992
2. LEED v4 reference guide
3. LWR
4. Local Codes

Reveal answer 18) The intent of credits in WE are to

1. Decrease the amount of water used in buildings for non drinking purposes
2. Focus solely on the water consumption inside buildings
3. Increase nonpotable water use
4. Reduce potable water consumption

Reveal answer 19) Choose the best answer, why does Energy and Atmosphere contain the most points?

1. Has the most number of credits
2. One credit has up to 18 points
3. Saves the building owner the most money
4. The most important impact category is revers the the contribution to global climate change

Reveal answer 20) Which of the following has the biggest effect on a buildings energy demands?

1. Building height
2. Building orientation
3. Community planning
4. Configuration of adjacent buildings

Reveal answer 21) Which of the following refrigerants Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) is close to zero?

1. CFC-502
2. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
3. Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)
4. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

Reveal answer 22) Which of the following are natural refrigerants?

1. Ammonia, Carbon dioxide, Propane
2. Ammonia, Helium, Carbon dioxide
3. Carbon dioxide, CFC-11, Propane
4. Helium, Carbon dioxide, CFC-11

Reveal answer 23) Which of the following is not a renewable energy source?

1. Biofuel
2. Natural gas
3. Solar
4. Wave

Reveal answer 24) Which of the following are considered passive solar?

1. Solar PV panels and Solar thermal collectors
2. Solar PVs and Building orientation
3. Solar thermal collectors and using shades to prevent summer sun from heating the building
4. Thermal mass and Building Orientation

Reveal answer 25) Scope 1 energy refers to:

1. Direct energy from the owned or controlled sources
2. Energy sources that are not owned or directly controled
3. Green power
4. Purchased energy

Reveal answer 26) The systematic process for analyzing and optimizing building system performance during the operational phase is called ?

1. Commissioning
2. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
3. Retrocommissioning
4. Systems engineering

Reveal answer 27) The ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA standard that sets the base line case for the minimum energy efficiency to be used in EA Prerequisite is- Minimum Energy Performance is

1. 52.2-2007
2. 55-2010
3. 90.1-2010
4. EPA Act of 1994

Reveal answer 28) CxA refers to:

1. Carbon exempt Atmosphere
2. Commissioning Appropriately
3. Commissioning Authority
4. Contract Authority

Reveal answer 29) In order to achieve the Building Life Cycle Impact Reduction credit, a project cannot:

1. Remediate a brownfield site
2. Renovate an abandoned building
3. Restore a historic building
4. Salvage building materials

Reveal answer 30) Rapidly renewable materials can replenish in how many years?

1. 10
2. 15
3. 20
4. 5

Reveal answer 31) When choosing environmentally friendly products, a project team should look for:

1. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs and Custodial assessments
2. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs and Greenwashing reports
3. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and third party Corporate Sustainability Reports (CSR)

Reveal answer 32) For storage and collection of recyclables prerequisite, materials to be recycled should include:

1. Biobased products, cardboard, and Mixed Paper
2. Metals, Glass, and Mixed Paper
3. Metals, Glass, and Wood-products
4. Wood-products, cardboard and glass

Reveal answer 33) Which of the following are not related to the Building Product Disclosures and Optimization credits?

1. Assessment of the ingredients of the materials
2. EPDs
3. VOC levels of materials and products used inside buildings
4. Where and how a material is sourced

Reveal answer 34) The embodied energy of a product refers to the energy consumed during the:

1. Entire life cycle of a product
2. Extraction and manufacturing of a product
3. Transportation and construction of a product
4. Transportation and manufacturing of a product

Reveal answer 35) A product that does not contain any recyclable content is most similar to:

1. Cradle -to-gate
2. Cradle-to-cradle
3. Cradle-to-grave
4. Cradle-to-label

Reveal answer 36) Within how many miles is the location valuation factor that values products and materials extracted, manufactured and purchased for a project?

1. 1,000 miles
2. 100 miles
3. 200 miles
4. 500 miles

Reveal answer 37) To earn points for achieving Construction Demolition and Waste Management on a project, a project must show:

1. Conduct waste stream audits
2. Recycle 20 to 40% of the construction waste from a project with one or two material streams
3. Recycle construction waste and compost food waste
4. Recycling 50% of construction waste with three product streams

Reveal answer 38) Recyclable or compostable material such as food, glass, paper, and plastics make up approximately what percent of material that ends up in landfills in the US?

1. 40%
2. 50%
3. 60%
4. 70%

Reveal answer 39) Which of the following is not a part of Indoor Environmental Quality?

1. Flush out
2. Participation in Demand Response
3. Providing day-lighting inside a building
4. Testing for Radon

Reveal answer 40) Which of the following products carry the Green label Plus label?

1. Adhesives
2. Carpets
3. Furniture
4. Paints

Reveal answer 41) The preferred method by most contractors to achieve the Indoor Air Quality Assessment credits is to:

1. Conduct air testing
2. Flush out

Reveal answer 42) Which of the following will not result in increased day lighting?

1. Clerestories
2. Glare control devices
3. Light shelves
4. Low height cubicles

Reveal answer 43) Which of the following strategies address both quality lighting and day lighting?

1. Light tubes and window configuration
2. Sky lights and solar tubes
3. Window configuration and skylights
4. Window configuration and vision glazing

Reveal answer 44) When choosing an air filter for the best air quality it is better if the MERV value is?

1. Does not matter since this value is a function of energy requirements
2. High
3. Low

Reveal answer 45) The prerequisite Tobacco Smoke control requires no smoking with in how many feet of an entrance, air intake or operable window?

1. 15 feet
2. 20 feet
3. 25 feet
4. 30 feet

Reveal answer 46) The Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) plan is generally the responsibility of the?

1. Architect providing Contract Administrative (CA) services
2. General Contractor
3. Mechanical Contractor
4. Owner

Reveal answer 47) The standard to measure thermal comfort is?

1. ASHRAE 55-2010
2. ASHRAE 62.1-2010
3. ASHRAE 90.1-2010

Reveal answer 48) The standard for the baseline for minimum indoor air quality is?

1. ASHRAE 55-2010
2. ASHRAE 62.1-2010
3. ASHRAE 90.1-2010

Reveal answer 49) Source reduction relates to:

1. Energy reduction
2. Heat Island effect
3. Rainwater runoff
4. Waste prevention

Reveal answer 50) There are how many different rating systems within LEED?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

Reveal answer 51) Two strategies for conserving materials throughout a project's life cycle are (select two):

1. Design smaller, more flexible homes and buildings
2. Install a vegetative roof on at least 50% of roof surface
3. Plant native and adaptive species
4. Reuse existing buildings and salvaged materials

Reveal answer 52) Which of the following is not on the list of seven impact categories?

1. Enhance Social Equity, Environmental Justice, and Community Quality of Life
2. Promote Sustainable and Regenerative Material Resources Cycles
3. Protect, Enhance, and Restore Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
4. Reduce Greenhouse gas Emissions Associated with Global Warming

Reveal answer 53) Generally held at the beginning of the project, what process brings together the project team with stakeholders and outside experts for creative thinking and collaboration and to assist in establishing goals?

1. Charrette
2. Small task group
3. Stakeholder meeting
4. Team meeting

Reveal answer 54) Integrative project team members such as the contractors, vendors, tradespeople, and other stakeholders come together at which point in the design process to first discuss the project?

1. After the design phase
2. Before schematic design process begins
3. During design phase
4. During the construction phase

Reveal answer 55) The EPA has a green building benchmark program in which buildings submit energy data about their building to see where they stand among like buildings in the country with regards to energy use. This program is known as:

1. Building manager Energy Star
2. Energy Star Building Benchmarks
3. Energy Star Portfolio Manager
4. Energy Star Rating System

Reveal answer 56) The mission of the USGBC is to:

1. "Make better buildings: places that complement our environment and enhance our communities; places that give people better, brighter, healthier spaces to live, work, and play"
2. "To create buildings that use no more resources than they can produce"
3. "To transform the way buildings are designed, built, and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life"

Reveal answer 57) Three strategies for reducing outdoor water use are (select 3):

1. Choose locally adapted plants
2. Install submeters
3. Use nonpotable water
4. Use porous pavements

Reveal answer 58) A regular building occupant who spends 40 hours a week in the project building is described as an FTE which stands for:

1. Fixed-Time Employee
2. Fixed-Time Equivalent
3. Full-Time Employee
4. Full-Time Equivalent

Reveal answer 59) Ongoing improvements to LEED, which are based on principles of transparency, openness, and inclusiveness, involve volunteer committees and working groups as well as USGBC staff, and are approved by a:

1. Membership-wide vote
2. Vote by members of the TAGs
3. Vote by the board of directors
4. Vote from the CEO

Reveal answer 60) Building sites that once housed buildings, roadways, parking lots, or were graded or otherwise altered by human activities are called:

1. Brownfields
2. Greenfields
3. Open Space
4. Previously developed/disturbed sites

Reveal answer 61) Waste light from building sites that produces glare, is directed upward to the sky, or is directed off the site, is called:

1. Albedo
2. Horizontal foot candles
3. Infrared emittance
4. Light trespass

Reveal answer 62) The most sustainable forms of outdoor irrigation are (select 2):

1. No irrigation
2. Sprinkler
3. Watering at night
4. using harvested rainwater

Reveal answer 63) The use of drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks, bark mulch, and other landscape elements is called:

1. Greenscaping
2. Integrative water management
3. Rain gardening
4. Xeriscaping

Reveal answer 64) The sustainable sites (SS) category covers 3 areas:

1. Developing a site management plan, implementing conservation programs, and maintaining site lighting to prevent light pollution
2. Location, building reuse, reducing transportation
3. Minimizing impervious areas, controlling rainwater, incorporating rainwater management into site design
4. Site design and management, rainwater management, heat island effect

Reveal answer 65) The goals of the Water Efficiency (WE) category are:

1. Increase rainwater runoff quality and reduce rainwater runoff quantity
2. Water efficiency and increases in potable water use
3. Water efficiency and reduction in potable water use
4. reduction of potable water use for irrigation and process water

Reveal answer 66) a computer generated representation of the anticipated energy consumption of a building is called:

1. Energy Star Rating
2. Energy audit
3. Energy model
4. Lfe-cycle cost analysis

Reveal answer 67) In its solid waste management hierarchy, the EPA ranks which four preferred strategies for reducing waste?

1. Recycling, reclaiming, renewable, and burning
2. Reduce, Reuse, recycle, and waste to landfill
3. Source Reduction, reuse, recycling, and waste to energy
4. Source depletion, reclaim, renew, and waste to water

Reveal answer 68) Wastewater from toilets is what type of water?

1. Blackwater
2. Graywater
3. Indoor Water
4. Tertiary

Reveal answer 69) The plan that outlines measures to minimize contamination in a building during construction and describes procedures to flush the building of contaminants prior to occupancy is called:

1. Construction activity pollution prevention
2. Construction indoor air quality management plan
3. Construction waste management plan
4. Preoccupancy building flush out

Reveal answer 70) Nonrenwable resources that emit greenhouse gases, are limited in quantity, and cannot be replaced as fast as they are consumed are:

1. Ethanol, hydrogen, biodiesel, natural gas
2. Oil, coal, and natural gas
3. Solar, wind, and biomass
4. Wood, methane, and CO2

Reveal answer 71) What is true about an integrative process?

1. The integrative process is a linear process
2. The integrative process is applicable to any phase in the life cycle of a building or land-use project
3. The integrative process is only used for new construction design processes
4. The integrative process results in longer construction schedules

Reveal answer 72) Which of the following assess environmental performance of products and services and provide guidance on improving their environmental performance?

1. ASHRAE
2. IESNA
3. ISO 14000
4. LEED

Reveal answer 73) An existing office building has a 20-year old chiller that uses CFC-11. An owner is considering a major renovation of the building and applying for LEED for New Construction certification. What statement is true about the project's ability to earn LEED certification?

1. The owner can implement a phase-out plan to earn LEED certification
2. The owner can leave the existing system in place as-is
3. The owner must replace the chiller to earn LEED certification
4. The owner will not be able to achieve a Platinum level certification

Reveal answer 74) Which integrative project team members bring the most experience to the Discovery phase regarding post-occupancy behavior?

1. Architects
2. Building owners
3. Facility managers
4. HVAC engineers

Reveal answer 75) What is the impact of creating a dense, compact mixed-use neighborhood?

1. Decreased availability of alternative transportation
2. Increased in flooding from stormwater runoff and the heat island effect
3. Increased in the travel time to work for occupants
4. Less pavement for roads and less infrastructure for utilities

Reveal answer 76) Which of the following is one of the most toxic and common sources of indoor air pollution in an existing building?

1. CFCs
2. Mercury
3. Radon
4. VOCs

Reveal answer 77) Which of the following are the environmental benefits of reusing a building?(Choose 2)

1. Increases water efficiency
2. Makes landfills last longer
3. Preserves a site's historical, cultural, and aesthetic values
4. Reduces demands on virgin resources

Reveal answer 78) What components are included in the impact category for Reverse Contribution to Global Climate Change?

1. GHG Emissions Reduction from Building Operations Energy Use and GHG Emissions Reduction from a Cleaner Energy Supply
2. GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use and Move to Cyclical, Non-Depleting Material Cycles
3. GHG Emissions Reduction from Materials and Water Embodied Energy Use and Water Quality Protection
4. GHG Emissions Reduction from a Cleaner Energy Supply and Protect Human Health from Direct Exposure to Negative Health Impacts

Reveal answer 79) What is the minimum certification level in LEED?

1. Accredited
2. Approved
3. Authorized
4. Certified

Reveal answer 80) SMACNA guidelines should be followed for what reason?

1. To develop a green cleaning program
2. To establish an integrated pest management plan
3. To minimize indoor air quality issues caused by construction
4. To select carpets with low VOCs

Reveal answer 81) What is each LEED rating system made up of?

1. 3rd party standards
2. A combination of credit categories
3. Impact categories
4. Interpretations

Reveal answer 82) A vehicle meeting which standard would be considered a green vehicle?

1. EPA Transportation and Air Quality standard
2. Green-e Certified
3. SCAQMD air quality standards
4. Vehicle with a minimum green score of 45 on the ACEEE annual vehicle guide

Reveal answer 83) When thinking about room layouts early in the design process, which of the following should be considered?

1. Acoustics
2. Entryway systems
3. Environmental tobacco smoke control
4. Using materials with recycled content

Reveal answer 84) A project design includes low-impact development and erosion and sedimentation control. Which of the following will be aided by these strategies?(Choose 2)

1. Access to diverse uses
2. An increase of the floor-area ratio
3. The creation of buffers between development and water resources
4. Walkability

Reveal answer 85) What are the key criteria that define green building performance?

1. Innovative designs
2. Minimum program requirements
3. Prerequisites
4. Third party standards

Reveal answer 86) What statement is true regarding HydroFluoroCarbons (HFCs)?

1. HFCs are scheduled to be banned under the Montreal Protocol
2. HFCs have high ozone depletion potential
3. Many HFCs have a significant global warming potential
4. The HFC refrigerant group includes NH3, CO2, and propane

Reveal answer 87) Which of the following are enforceable within the building industry?

1. Acoustic design
2. International Green Construction Code (IgCC)
3. Material sourcing
4. Quality of views

Reveal answer 88) A laboratory project requires a lot of special-use equipment and systems to keep the areas inside sterile. What would a sub-contractor need to safely handle a product during installation?

1. A Health product disclosure (HPD)
2. A Material safety data sheet (MSDS)
3. MERV 13 filters
4. The quantity of recycled content in a product

Reveal answer 89) Proper ventilation systems remove which of the following contaminants?(Choose 3)

1. CFCs
2. Material off-gassing
3. Phosphorus
4. Radon

Reveal answer 90) What is the intent of the Indoor Environmental Quality credits?

1. Decreasing the lighting power density for interior lights
2. Promote better indoor air quality and access to daylight and views
3. Reducing indoor potable water use
4. Using reused materials inside the building envelope

Reveal answer 91) Which of the following is aided by the avoidance of building on sensitive land or previously undeveloped land?

1. Brownfield remediation
2. Rainwater management
3. Reducing parking footprint
4. Reducing vehicle miles traveled

Reveal answer 92) Which responsibilities would belong to the general contractor during construction to improve indoor air quality?(Choose 2)

1. Capping the ducts to mechanical systems
2. Making sure someone is sweeping periodically to control dust
3. Overseeing the rainwater management plan
4. Verifying construction waste is placed in the proper trash bins

Reveal answer 93) An owner wants to offset the environmental impact of a building's energy use. What is a benefit of purchasing off-site renewable energy or renewable energy certificates (RECs) over installing onsite renewable energy systems such as photovoltaic panels?

1. Off-site renewable energy and RECs are less expensive than grid-source non-renewable energy
2. RECs can be shared across multiple LEED projects
3. RECs only have to be purchased one-time to offset the building's lifetime energy use
4. The upfront costs to the building owner would be lower

Reveal answer 94) A project owner is concerned about the safety of building occupants during the evening hours as they walk to the parking lot. What exterior lighting strategy would ensure occupant safety, prevent light pollution, and conserve energy?

1. Install up-lighting in the parking lot
2. Installing timers that switch to motion activation after the building is closed
3. Strategically place lighting to shine into the roads surrounding the property
4. Use shielded LED fixtures that are on 24 hours day

Reveal answer 95) A project that specifies soil restoration as part of its site design is contributing to which of the following environmental benefits?

1. Increasing open space
2. Preventing construction activity pollution
3. Reducing heat islands
4. Restoring habitat

Reveal answer 96) What are three important factors of the LEED Green Building Rating System?(Choose 3)

1. It is consensus-based
2. It is government-financed
3. It is market-driven
4. It is voluntary

Reveal answer 97) A project team for a school project is designing classrooms that will improve the learning experience. Which of the following building components meet this goal while maintaining preferable life-cycle impacts?

1. New polyester carpet tiles
2. Refurbished desks that contain recycled content
3. Reused acoustic tiles
4. Single-pane glazing

Reveal answer 98) Which of the following is NOT a component of the impact category Enhance Social Equity, Environmental Justice, Community Health and Quality of Life?

1. Create a Strong Sense of Place
2. Promote Human Rights and Environmental Justice
3. Provide Affordable, Equitable and Resilient Communities
4. Support Occupant Comfort and Well-Being

Reveal answer 99) Energy efficiency is defined as:

1. Any strategy that reduces resource use 10% or more from a baseline comparison
2. Any strategy that reduces resource use 20% from a baseline comparison
3. The replacement of any older building product with a newer building product
4. The use of technology that requires less energy to perform the same function as a conventional item

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